Influencing policy (training slides from Fast Track Impact)
Common Online Terminologies
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2. Definition:
• It is a message distributed by an electronic means from one
computer to one recipient via network.
3. Definition:
• It is a personal website or a web page on which an individual
record or express their opinions, links to other sites or happenings
4. Definition:
• Online chat may refer to any kind of communication over Internet.
A communication where a real time transmission of text messages
from sender to receiver. Online chatting are generally short in order
to the receiver to respond easily.
5. Definition:
• It is a way for individuals to create links to websites or web pages
that they want or like and share the links to other people.
6. Definition:
• Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is the global address of documents
and other resources on the World Wide Web (WWW).
7. Definition:
• It is a method of relaying a data over a computer networks as a
steady continuous stream, allowing to do playback to proceed
while subsequently the data is being received.
8. Definition:
• It is a multimedia digital file that is made to be available on the
Internet for downloading a portable media player, computer, etc.
9. Definition:
• It is a voice-over internet protocol: a system for converting
analogue signals to digital so that the telephone calls may be over
the internet.
10. Definition:
• It is to communicate informally with other people or with other
users, or to find people with similar interests to oneself.
11. Definition:
• It is a website that allows collaborative editing of its content and
structure by other people.
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E.g. wikipedia
12. Definition:
• Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is a standardized system for
tagging text files to achieve font, color, graphic, and hyperlink
effects on World Wide Web (WWW).
13. Definition:
• A web feed is a data format used for providing users with
frequently updated content. Content distributors syndicate a web
feed, thereby allowing users to subscribe to it. Making a collection
of web feeds accessible in one spot is known as
aggregation, which is performed by an aggregator.
